I just got a XMD1000 and made my own cable. I went on an hour roadtrip and tried it out. For that hour I freakin rocked out.. The music was awesome and the sound quality was awesome as well. I was using Frodo Sattelite Alpha 3 and I hadn't adjusted any EQ settings (it was enabled in the INI file however).

The next time I got in my truck when my PC booted up (from hibernation) it made some nasty sound for a couple seconds then went to the music. The music seemed to have a lot of static and even at low volumes it sounded like it was freaking cranked.

I turned off the EQ via the ini file and it seems to sound better but still not like the first time I went out with it..

Any ideas??

Thanks

07-05-2005, 08:21 AM

jcdillin

I've found that if it's getting signal only from the ground repeaters the sound quality is much worse than with the sat signal

you might also try it with the built-in frodo XM app, because i've had some trouble with that EQ built into the program sometimes even though i've disabled it, it seems to still be affecting it

07-05-2005, 08:35 AM

tbird2340

JC, what are the ground repeaters? How do I know when it's getting a sig from those or from sat?

Thanks

07-05-2005, 05:43 PM

jcdillin

the ground repeaters are signal towers that are located on the ground so that when you go into areas that dont have a sat signal, like a parking garage you can still have radio

you should have three signal bars in the XM application, the top 2 are sat signal and the bottom one is ground signal

07-05-2005, 05:55 PM

tj!2k4

lately i've noticed that if the sat signal strength is low, the xm will only come in as mono.. :confused:

07-05-2005, 05:58 PM

jcdillin

yeah so have I, I just think sometimes the XM has trouble recovering and going back into stereo

07-05-2005, 06:08 PM

tj!2k4

true, because when i notice that it's mono, i switch to another channel, and i've got stereo again. but like i said, i only seem to have noticed the mono thing going on lately... and just as an aside, i'm using an xmpcr.

07-05-2005, 06:33 PM

jcdillin

yeah, should be the same tuner module in both the PCR and the XMD, so it might be a flaw, or just by design

I just did the opical mod to mine a couple weeks ago, soon as I can figure out a way to make the optical in work on my sound card i'll let you know if that helps at all.

07-06-2005, 09:00 AM

tbird2340

Man, I'm still having problems with the SQ?! WTH happend?!? It was friggin rocking the first day!

What I did notice that with the line in not muted I have a lot of feedback (sounds like the volume is turned up to 100%) then when I mute it the sound is gone (so def the line in).

I uninstalled FrodoSat program and rebooted and then unmuted the line and it was fine. It wasn't blaring. Then I reinstalled disabling the EQ before I even went in and it's still bad. Not AS bad but still not like it was the first time..

Man, this be blowin...

07-06-2005, 09:09 AM

oekundar

Funny thing is that I am experiencing a sound quality issue as well, and I'm not sure if its frodo related. The laptop sounds fine if using the speakers in the docking station, but once I plug in my plug into either the headphone/line out plug, my highs seem to go straight to crap. I changed the volume control setting in the settings 1 menu and that seemed th help for a bit then back to the junk. The next thing I did was launch Windows media player and I didn't seem to experience the same problems. I still need to do some more trouble shooting, as well as install a ferite core on the RCA cables. I will keep you updated.